In comparison with other vapor sensors based
on nanosheets, the new photonic architecture displays markedly increased response times, higher sensitivity and long - term stability.
Lotsch and her team have now developed photonic crystals based
on nanosheets of phosphatoantimonic acid.
Not exact matches
These insights are intriguing
on their own, but when the scientists examined the structure of the
nanosheets» backbone, they were surprised to see a design rule not found in the field of protein structural biology.
«Silicon
nanosheets are particularly interesting because today's information technology builds
on silicon and, unlike with graphene, the basic material does not need to be exchanged,» explains Tobias Helbich from the WACKER Chair for Macromolecular Chemistry at TUM.
Depending
on the type of
nanosheet the structure of the magnetic film assumes a specific orientation, and thus determines the magnetism of the film at that location.
The researchers show that by growing the magnetic layers
on various 2D crystals, better known as
nanosheets, you can control the preferred direction of the magnetism very locally.
Based
on the solution, various
nanosheets can be introduced in micro-patterns
on a substrate.
This is the first nanocomposite based
on silicon
nanosheets.
Depending
on the percentage of boron nitride
nanosheets added to the polymer, this self - healing may require additional heat or pressure, but some forms of the new material can self - heal at room temperature when placed next to each other.
The nanotechnology team at Deakin's Institute for Frontier Materials has been working
on boron nitride nanomaterials for two decades and has been internationally recognized for its work in the development of boron nitride nanotubes and
nanosheets.
Noncovalent interactions between π - orbitals
on the polymer and the graphene oxide bind the surfactant to its target and reduce aggregation of graphene oxide
nanosheets, allowing full reduction of their surface bonds.